Roberta Grace (Rivera) Burriola was born August 21, 1932 in Des Moines, Iowa. She went home to heaven on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, to be reunited with her parents, Urbano and Bobbie Rivera, her brother, Tony and her sister Juana.

Funeral service will be held 10 a.m., Saturday at Brooks Funeral Care ~ Tonini Chapel.

Grace will be missed by her husband, Ines, whom she married on October 19, 1952; and her children, Chach, Rita, Patricia, Monica, Joe, Conchie, Roberta, Maria, Regina, Petra, Melinda and Christina; 27 grandkids; and 13 great- grandkids. We love you, Ma.

Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m., Friday at the funeral home.